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I'll ask the correspondent

northraleighnews — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:02:15 -0400

I'll ask the correspondent who handles "What's up with that?" (Laura Smith) to pass your comments along to Marc Buehler. I suspect that the company would go ahead and build the restaurant if they thought they could make a profit, but you never know.

The column on Friday, March

Evelyn A. Marshall — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:57:41 -0400

The column on Friday, March 28,2008 regarding the concrete slab at the corner of Highway 98 and Retail Drive spiked my curiousity and my hunger....
We need to contact Marc Buehler , CEO of Lone Star ASAP!!! My husband and I live in Wake Forest, where we have two steak houses. Lone Star needs to do an impact study, we cannot get into a steak resturant without a two hour wait... WE CAN USE ANOTHER ASAP!!! Look into our fair community as an opportunity waiting to happen Mr. CEO!!!

Regards from a Raleigh customer who wants to eat closer to home!!!

RE: Graphite in Wake County

Java55 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:59:00 -0500

The graphite mines which were near near the Finley Y and Lead Mine Road areas are only just the beginning. What I have found to be facinating is the extent of the deposits in Wake county and their age (Precambrian). This is a lot of carbon which no doubt had its origins from early life forms at one time, most likely algae blooms in stagnant waters of a large valley which had a one time existed. There are some locations especially in the Lead Mine Road area where the graphite deposits are steeply dipped and approach nearly 20 feet in thickness. As for how thick the original layers deposited from algae(?) may have been before the carbon had been compressed out of it, I have no idea but I would hazard to guess that these original layers were considerably thicker than the graphite which remains today.

One bit of further research I can think of which may be of some interest, assuming that nobody has already done so yet, would be to take some cores cut through this graphite and determine a breakdown of relative abundances of various foreign isotopes (including Iridium which may indicate impact events) located throughout various levels across the deposit. The information inferred by these isotopes could reveal quite a bit about the environmental conditions which may have existed locally (and to some extent globally) during the deposition process.

There are garnets in the

Visitor — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:59:15 -0500

There are garnets in the granite at that spot. My geology class from NCSU went there on a field trip. They are not high quality garnets. It is still fun to use a rock hammer and collect them.

The geology of northern Wake County is interesting. The Rolesville Batholith which runs all the way to New England is exposed near Rolesville (hence the granite quarry). There are old mica mines near Wake Forest and of course the graphite that was mined near the Finley Y and Lead Mine Road area.

Your post

northraleighnews — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:10:38 -0500

I can respond to your question -- please tell me what you want to know.

falls of neuse bridge

ceedave — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:27:02 -0500

When driving North on Falls of Neuse toward Wakefield, the two lane road is marked down the middle with yellow lines up until the bridge. The yelow lines continue after the bridge. There are no markings on the bridge, making it difficult to see at night. Why haven't the lines been continued on the bridge? Reflectors on the bridge would be helpful.

Is anyone working on this?

Visitor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:20:34 -0500

Is anyone working on this? Pleasae advise.

Thank you

Doris Younghans

Garnets

Java55 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:29:42 -0500

These are obviously what are referred to as 'Rock Hounds', a special breed of people who just dig the earth and admire its natural resources located beneath their feet. Chances are they probably picked up this habit at a very early age. Assuming if these people ever developed an interest in digital photography including macro photography they would probably be doing more snapping than chipping.

Been there, done that. :)

Here is photo selected from my digital collection:

This is a macro I made of some crystalline Pyrophyllite found imbedded in a boulder below the cliffs at Occoneechee Mountain near Hillsborough. Being a major constituent mineral in the cliffs at Occoneechee Mountain, the mostly massive form of this same mineral gives these cliffs their white appearance.

When driving east on Durham

dyounghans — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:32:25 -0500

When driving east on Durham Road ( Rt 98) in Wake Forest, I have noticed people chipping away a a small rock formation on the side of the road. This is located after you pass the cross street of Camp Kanata Road.Could you tell me what they are doing and why they are doing it?

Just an observation...

Java55 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:22:46 -0500

I have noticed over the years that in the area just behind these pipes and following along Hwy 70 there are some low but shallow wetlands and oddly enough have remained wet even during the current drought cycle.

traffic light

Betty S — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:09:55 -0500

A traffic light was installed at the corner of Fall of Neuse Rd. and Morrocroft a couple of months ago but is not operational yet? Do you know when it will be activated?

pipes

gercohen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:42:42 -0500

those pipes have been there at least 20 years! Who owns the property? They probably know. North Raleigh news, you have any more information since April?

blue reflectors

laurapancoast78 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:06:33 -0500

Thanks to a break-through, we finally solved the question of the blue reflectors! They are used by fire departments outside of the city limits to mark where fire hydrants are. The blue color is easily visible at night.

The full answer is printed in the October 14, 2007 edition of the NRN.

Keep those questions coming in!

Laura Smith, WUWT columnist

PIPES

rayray13 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:09:13 -0400

The state probably forgot about them, or, they are supposed to be underground somwhere. You ever purchase something you had to assemble and when you were done you had a bunch of left over parts.. OOPPSS!!! That's probably the case here!!!!

What's up with that?

northraleighnews — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:39:39 -0400

Welcome to the online version of “What’s up with that?” This is a weekly feature that runs in the North Raleigh News section of the News & Observer.

In this feature, we answer readers’ questions: Curious about something you’ve seen as you drove around town? Here’s the place to ask questions -- and to provide answers. If you have a question, post it here. And if you can help answer a question, post that, too. Each Friday, we’ll choose a question to run in the News & Observer.

We’ll start things going with a question from Margie McKelvy:

“I've been driving from Raleigh to work in Durham for 12 years on U.S. 70 and I'm wondering what those giant sewer pipe-looking things are right at the Wake/Durham county border. They've been there as long as I can remember and no one seems to be doing any construction there.”

Welcome to the online version of “What’s up with that?” This is a weekly feature that runs in the North Raleigh News section of the…